Schizophrenia: Symptoms
Schizophrenia symptoms
Real World
John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician depicted in 'A Beautiful Mind', experienced both positive symptoms (delusions of being recruited by the US government) and negative symptoms (social withdrawal and flattened affect) across his life with schizophrenia.
Exam Focus
Always classify symptoms as positive or negative and briefly define each category — this demonstrates AO1 knowledge examiners reward.
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